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Fig 1 : Pair of Dusky-gilled Mudskippers in a brief embrace at Sungei Pandan, Singapore.  This unusual behaviour did not appear to be aggressive, nor part of courtship behaviour. 

Fig 2 : Back-mangrove habitat of the Dusky-gilled Mudskipper at Pulau Kukup, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.

Fig 3 : Specimen at Pulau Kukup mangrove, Peninsular Malaysia.


 

Family : GOBIIDAE
Species : Periophthalmus variabilis
Maximum Length : 6.5 cm
 

References : F2

Thanks to Gianluca Polgar for assistance in identification.

Links : The Mudskipper.org